Payment-related barriers to medications for opioid use disorder: A critical review of the literature and real-world application.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The national opioid crisis continues to intensify, despite the fact that opioid use disorder (OUD) is treatable and opioid overdose deaths are preventable through first-line treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). This study identifies and categorizes payment-related barriers that impact MOUD access and retention from both the provider and patient perspectives and provides insight into how these barriers can be addressed.

Methods

We performed a critical review of the literature (peer-reviewed studies and relevant documents from the gray literature) to identify payment-related access and retention barriers to MOUD. We used the results of this review to develop an analytic framework to understand how payment impacts MOUD access and retention for b

SUBMITTER: Bowser D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463342 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature